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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      12 December 2019
      02 January 2020
      ISBN:
      9781108630658
      9781108481434
      9781108722377
      Open access funder:
      Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
      Creative Commons:
      Creative Common License - CC Creative Common License - BY Creative Common License - NC
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      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.54kg, 300 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.442kg, 302 Pages
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    American engagement with international law has long been framed by commitment to the 'international rule of law', which persists even across divergent political and historical eras. Yet, despite appeals to legal ideals, American international law policy is consistently criticised as fraught with contradiction and distorted by beliefs in 'exceptionalism'. These contested claims of fidelity to law are the subject of this book: what does the 'international rule of law' mean for American legal policymakers even as they advocate competing commitments to international legal order? Answers are found in extensive evidence that American policymakers receive international law through established foreign policy ideologies, which correspond with divisions in both legal scholarship and diplomatic history. Using the case of the International Criminal Court, the book demonstrates that the very meaning of the international rule of law is structured by competing ideological beliefs; between American policymakers and global counterparts, and among American policymakers themselves. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

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    Contents

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    • American Foreign Policy Ideology and the International Rule of Law
      pp i-ii
    • Copyright page
      pp iv-iv
    • Contents
      pp v-vii
    • Tables
      pp viii-viii
    • Foreword
      pp ix-xiii
    • Acknowledgements
      pp xiv-xvi
    • Abbreviations
      pp xvii-xviii
    • Introduction
      pp 1-20
    • Contesting the International Rule of Law
    • Part I - Ideology in American International Law Policy
      pp 21-120
    • 1 - America’s ‘Exceptional’ International Law Policy
      pp 23-49
    • 2 - The Structure of American Foreign Policy Ideology
      pp 50-78
    • 3 - Competing Conceptions of the International Rule of Law
      pp 79-120
    • Part II - Contesting Global Legal Power through the ICC
      pp 121-276
    • 4 - Clinton Administration, 1992–2000
      pp 123-158
    • 5 - Bush 43 Administration, 2000–2004
      pp 159-190
    • 6 - Bush 43 Administration, 2004–2008
      pp 191-219
    • 7 - Obama Administration, 2008–2016
      pp 220-258
    • Conclusion - Between Power and Transcendent Values
      pp 259-276
    • Index
      pp 277-284

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